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Nickelodeon Asia announces executive promotions
MUMBAI: MTV Asia Network’s kid’s channel Nickelodeon Asia has announced three executive promotions with immediate effect to help the companies rapid expansion in Asia.
Richard Cunningham has been promoted to managing director, Lucy Young to vice president, marketing and communications and Hitomi Nagakaki to account director, network development and marketing.
Cunningham, who previously worked with MTV Networks in the United States in the affiliate sales and marketing division, handling distribution for MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and Comedy Central in the western United States, will now be based at Nickelodeon’s Asia regional headquarters in Singapore.
Cunningham will oversee Nickelodeon’s operations in the Asia Pacific covering markets such Japan, India, Southeast Asia, Philippines and New Zealand. He will continue as senior V-P of MTV Networks Asia overseeing network development, licensing and merchandising for both, MTV and Nickelodeon, besides playing a vital role in overseeing both MTV and VH1 channels in Thailand, according to a company release.
As V-P marketing and communications, Lucy Young, who has successfully guided and developed Nick’s marcom activities and initiatives in Asia, will oversee consumer, trade and affiliate marketing as well as pro-social, brand and publicity initiatives in the region. Young will be reporting to Cunningham.
Nagakaki, who has been promoted to account director, network development and marketing has contributed significantly to Nickelodeon’s cable and satellite distribution growth in the past two years in Japan. According to the release, she has successfully guided the channel’s acquisition of important Japanese animation series and marketing campaigns to boost awareness for Nick in the Japanese market. An ex-employee of producers of Japanese animation feature film Rex Entertainment, Hitomi is currently based in Tokyo and will also be reporting to Cunningham.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
